Encounter
Encounter verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Handle and encounter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Encounter".
Nearby Words: encountered, encountering
How words are described
| similar | similar encounter | similar handle |
| short | short encounter | short handle |
| actual | actual encounter | actual handle |
| real | real encounter | real handle |
| Other adjectives: little, tragic, memorable, new, possible. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Like Monroe noted before, people can handle some things but when they encounter other things up close and personal, it can be a little shocking.
Source: Series / Grimm -
For a time it looks like they might hit it off, but after Candace's near-death encounter with the Boogeymen aboard Air Force One, she breaks it off again, sadly stating she can't handle the monsters Zach deals with every day in her life.
Source: Literature / President's Vampire -
The third-level Lensmen who later encounter Eddorians presumably get the full experience, but they're also mentally equipped to handle it, having minds that (at least in potentia) surpass the Arisians' own.
Source: A Form You Are Comfortable With
Cite this Source
Handle and Encounter. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encounter/handle
Encounter & Handle. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/encounter/handle>.
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